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    1. The document provides an overview of pronunciation learning, including listening to speech, using minimal pairs to distinguish sounds, phonemic transcription, and practicing reading aloud. 2. It discusses phonological awareness and phonics, noting that understanding sounds precedes understanding written words and that awareness training can improve reading, vocabulary, and syntax. 3. The document outlines challenges in English pronunciation including homographs, homophones, difficult consonant clusters, and sounds like 'th' that vary between languages.

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    1. The document provides an overview of pronunciation learning, including listening to speech, using minimal pairs to distinguish sounds, phonemic transcription, and practicing reading aloud. 2. It discusses phonological awareness and phonics, noting that understanding sounds precedes understanding written words and that awareness training can improve reading, vocabulary, and syntax. 3. The document outlines challenges in English pronunciation including homographs, homophones, difficult consonant clusters, and sounds like 'th' that vary between languages.

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    1. The document provides an overview of pronunciation learning, including listening to speech, using minimal pairs to distinguish sounds, phonemic transcription, and practicing reading aloud. 2. It discusses phonological awareness and phonics, noting that understanding sounds precedes understanding written words and that awareness training can improve reading, vocabulary, and syntax. 3. The document outlines challenges in English pronunciation including homographs, homophones, difficult consonant clusters, and sounds like 'th' that vary between languages.

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    Phonology I Workshop 1 - First Presentation

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    1. The document provides an overview of pronunciation learning, including listening to speech, using minimal pairs to distinguish sounds, phonemic transcription, and practicing reading aloud. 2. It discusses phonological awareness and phonics, noting that understanding sounds precedes understanding written words and that awareness training can improve reading, vocabulary, and syntax. 3. The document outlines challenges in English pronunciation including homographs, homophones, difficult consonant clusters, and sounds like 'th' that vary between languages.

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    How to Learn Pronunciation

    1. Listen, listen, listen! (analytic listening)


    2. Minimal pairs
    3. Phonemic transcription
    4. Read aloud often; TV, books on tape;
    Internet resources
    5. Think before you speak: Rehearsed
    speech: Think, mentally project sounds,
    open your mouth!!
     Although the English alphabet has 26
    letters, English speakers produce
    more than 40 sounds

     Phoneme: The smallest linguistic unit


    of sound that can bring about a
    change in meaning in a language

     Bid, dead, bed, bad, bud, bard


     Como, coma, cima,
    International Phonetic Alphabet
     Most technical books for language
    teachers and dictionaries use
    phonetic symbols to represent
    English sounds and to describe
    difficulties
     The IPA (International Phonetic

    Alphabet) can be used to transcribe


    any language
    An overview of the IPA symbols
    for English phonemes
    /s/ see, city, pass
    /p/ pen, spin, tip
    /z zoo, rose
    /b/ but, web
    she, sure, emotion,
    /t/ two, sting, bet /ʃ/
    leash
    /d/ do, odd /ʒ/ pleasure, beige
    /tʃ/ chair, nature, teach /h/ ham
    /dʒ/ gin, joy, edge /m/ man, ham
    /k/ cat, kill, skin, queen /n/ no, tin
    /ɡ/ go, get, beg /ŋ/ singer, ring
    /f/ fool, enough, leaf /l/ left, bell
    /v/ voice, have /r/ run, very
    /θ/ thing, teeth /w/ we
    /ð/ this, breathe, father /j/ yes
    /iː/ see
    /ɪ/ Sit, bit, little
    /e/ bed
    /æ/ Bad, bat, cat, ran
    /ɑː/ arm
    /ɒ/ not, wasp
    /ɔː/ law, caught
    /ʊ/ put, wood
    /uː/ soon, through
    /ʌ/ Bud, cut, run, enough
    /ɜː/ Bird, hurt, herd
    /ə/ About, complete, ability
    Basic Principle
    • Understanding of sounds precedes
    understanding of the written word.
    Classroom Considerations 1
     Phonological awareness training –
    teaching the sound structure of
    words
    • Auditory training
     Phonics training – teaching the
    connection between sounds and
    letters
    Classroom Considerations 2
     It is important to first develop oral
    language skills.
     Phonological awareness skills
    should be taught orally without
    print.
     Phonological awareness training
    helps children learn vocabulary and
    reading skills.
    Classroom Considerations 3
     Phonological awareness training
    improves reading, vocabulary, and
    syntactic skills
     Phonological awareness training can

    be implemented in the classroom


    Problems in English

     Homographs (read and read)

     Homophones (red and read)

     Differs from language to language

     http://
    www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phono.ht
    ml
    Individual Sounds
     Especially difficult sounds are th in
    think and its unvoiced equivalent th
    in then

     Consonant clusters – spl, sks, etc.


    Some languages have no consonant
    clusters; other languages use
    consonant clusters differently
    Terminology
     Phonological Awareness – the
    ability to break down speech into
    smaller segments
     Phonics – a method of teaching

    reading that emphasizes the


    association of sounds with letters

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